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Can’t make quicktime in FC that plays OK on a PC
I have been trying to make a Quicktime video that I can take to my PC and then make a Flash CS3 movie out of for the web. The problem is when I make it in FC and get it over to the PC, the video does not play but the audio plays just fine. Settings for export are ‘export for QT movie’- Quicktime movie- HDV 720 30P- 48K audio- 30 frame rate.
I downloaded the latest QT for the PC and have Premiere Pro CS3. A friend sent a QT sample he made in FC and it plays fine on the PC in a QT player and on the Premiere timeline. Any clues as to what I might be doing wrong in FC. Thanks -
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[mike Pell] “HDV 720 30P”
I may be wrong, but I doubt that quicktime player on a pc is able to play HDV quicktimes. Is the qt from your friend with the same codec?
Stephan
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[mike Pell] “I have been trying to make a Quicktime video that I can take to my PC and then make a Flash CS3 movie out of for the web. “
I am going to give you two solutions to this issue. One is for doing it your way, the other is what I do.
1. You have to export using a codec that is available to both Windows and Mac. The most common way to do this is to use the animation codec. It will give you large files but they will work in windows land.
2. If your goal is Flash, then export from FCP or Compressor to an h.264 movie. That movie will have an mp4 extension. After exporting it change the extension to flv. Now you have an flv that plays in FlashPlayer 9.
K
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Hi Mike,
Completely agree with Stephan and Ken.
Fallow suggestion of Ken about making the H264 in FC and change the extension.
H264 is better than the Flash codec. In this way Plash Player and QT will be able to read the files.
Just to add, now you have a free player for ProRes in PC.
Rafael -
[Rafael Amador] “Just to add, now you have a free player for ProRes in PC.”
Which is a good way to go, or you can use PhtoJPEG @ 75%which is what I usually do in this scenario. Nice file size, nice pictures.
Jeremy
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